// EE & Undergraduate Researcher

Chip
Bishop

Electrical Engineering student at UC Santa Cruz currently doing research on event-driven cameras and other side projects (such as this website!).

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3.4
GPA — UC Santa Cruz
2+
Years of Experience
10+
Tech Skills

// 01. About

Who I Am

I'm Chip, an Electrical Engineering student at UC Santa Cruz graduating August 2026.

I've done research in particle physics, built mobile app modules in AWS, and led hardware fabrication projects using Fusion 360 and ANSYS HFSS.

Currently I am wokring on undergraduate research on visible light communication systems at the Colleen Josephson Lab at Baskin Engineering.

UC Santa CruzB.S. Electrical Engineering · ABET-Accredited · Aug 2026
Josephson Lab — Undergraduate ResearcherVLC · BeagleBone Black · Event-driven cameras
Eagle ScoutLeadership · Community Service · Team Coordination

// 02. Skills

What I Work With

Languages

PythonCJavaScriptTypeScriptMATLABRBashRISC-V

Web & Cloud

HTML/CSSReactThree.jsJSONAJAXAWS LambdaCloudWatch

EE & CAD

ANSYS HFSSFusion 360Cadence AllegroOrCADSimulinkSoldering

Tools & Other

GitLaTeXEmbedded SystemsOscilloscopes3D PrintingLaser Cutting

// 03. Experience

What I've Worked On

Undergraduate Researcher
Baskin Engineering at UCSC — Colleen Josephson Lab
Apr 2025 – Present
  • Implemented LED modulation and timing control using BeagleBone Black for VLC experiments
  • Designed and built a more compact LED array using circuit board soldering for assembly
  • Researching the EVK4 event-driven camera's usefulness for VLC compared to phone cameras
Software Engineer
Peopled
Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Processing and verifying RAG documents for equity plans
  • Implementation of custom databases integrated with LLMs
Software Developer Intern
Modo Labs
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Created mobile app modules in AWS using Lambda and CloudWatch
  • Designed a university housing portal providing clear access to Santa Cruz area housing resources
  • Built a RESTful API for a university-professor database with auth and role-based access control
Laboratory Technician
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Mar 2024 – Jan 2025
  • Built a collimator in Autodesk Fusion 360 for testing sensors studying rare pion decay — increased measurement accuracy by ~15%
  • Designed a flex PCB model in ANSYS HFSS for testing under simulated abnormal lab conditions, cutting analysis time by 40%
  • Design improvements reduced cross-talk by 30%

// 04. Education & Resume

Academic Background

University of California, Santa Cruz
B.S. Electrical Engineering · ABET-Accredited · Dec 2026
Relevant coursework includes Analog Electronics, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Logic Design, EDA Tools for PCB Design, High-Speed Digital Design, Bioelectronics, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Computer Systems and C Programming, Communications Systems, Signals and Systems, Electronic Circuits, and Properties of Materials.
3.4
GPA
LinkedIn Profile GitHub

// 05. Contact

My Socials And Contact Info

I would love to talk about opportunities, projects, or just have a conversation. Feel free to reach out (email is the best way to reach me)!

Send an Email
✉rabishop03@gmail.com ✆512-221-4327 inlinkedin.com/in/chip-bishop ⌥github.com/Chip0000